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Evolution of syntax in groups of agents
--- doctoraalscriptie ---
W.H. Zuidema
Cognitieve Kunstmatige Intelligentie
Universiteit Utrecht
Supervised by:
Prof. Dr. Paulien Hogeweg
Theoretische Biologie
Universiteit Utrecht.
Prof. Dr. Michael Moortgat
Computationele taalkunde
Universiteit Utrecht.
Dr. Vincent van Oostrom
Logica
Universiteit Utrecht.
The study described in this thesis was carried out at the department of theoretical biology and bioinfor­
matics at Utrecht University.
The cover picture is ``Vragende kinderen'' (1949) by Karel Appel. The quotes on the next page are taken
from James Gleick [``Chaos: making a new science'', 1987] and Pinker & Bloom [1990].
``The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By
a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations,
describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely
that it is expected to work.'' --- John von Neumann
``Evolutionary theory is informative about many things, but it has little to say, as of now, of questions of
this nature [e.g., the evolution of language]. The answers may well lie not so much in the theory of natural
selection as in molecular biology, in the study of what kinds of physical systems can develop under the
conditions of life on earth and why, ultimately because of physical principles.'' --- Noam Chomsky
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Contents

1 Language & evolution, a general introduction 11 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.2 Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.2.1 fitness landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.2.2 genotype--phenotype mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.2.3 coevolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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  author={W. Zuidema},
  title={Evolution of syntax in groups of agents},
  year={2000},
  school={Theoretical Biology, Utrecht University},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/zuidema00evolutionOf.html}
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